If a writ of habeas corpus is obtained in behalf of a person certified to the department, and it appears at the hearing on the return to the writ that the person may properly be discharged, the judge or justice before whom the hearing is had shall direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-28.2-10
Writ of habeas corpus — Discharge
P.L. 1970, ch. 163, § 1.
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